| Title |
Therapeutic applications of bacterial pigments: a review of current status and future opportunities
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|---|---|
| Published in |
3 Biotech, April 2018
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| DOI | 10.1007/s13205-018-1227-x |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Muhammad Numan, Samina Bashir, Roqayya Mumtaz, Sibgha Tayyab, Najeeb Ur Rehman, Abdul Latif Khan, Zabta Khan Shinwari, Ahmed Al-Harrasi |
| Abstract |
Non-toxicity, biodegradability and non-carcinogenicity of the natural pigments, dyes and colorants make them an attractive source for human use. Bacterial pigments are colored metabolites secreted by bacteria under stress. The industrial uses of bacterial pigments have increased many folds because of several advantages over the synthetic pigments. Among natural resources, bacterial pigments are mostly preferred because of simple culturing and pigment extraction techniques, scaling up and being time economical. Generally, the bacterial pigments are safe for human use and therefore have a wide range of applications in pharmaceutical, textile, cosmetics and food industries. Therapeutic nature of the bacterial pigments is revealed because of their antimicrobial, anticancer, cytotoxic and remarkable antioxidant properties. Owing to the importance of bacterial pigments it was considered important to produce a comprehensive review of literature on the therapeutic and industrial potential of bacterial pigments. Extensive literature has been reviewed on the biomedical application of bacterial pigments while further opportunities and future challenges have been discussed. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| Unknown | 1 | 100% |
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| Type | Count | As % |
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| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| Unknown | 208 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Ph. D. Student | 31 | 15% |
| Student > Master | 23 | 11% |
| Student > Bachelor | 23 | 11% |
| Researcher | 15 | 7% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 9 | 4% |
| Other | 24 | 12% |
| Unknown | 83 | 40% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 31 | 15% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 25 | 12% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 23 | 11% |
| Chemistry | 8 | 4% |
| Engineering | 5 | 2% |
| Other | 24 | 12% |
| Unknown | 92 | 44% |
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